Sunday, April 15, 2007

It's Buy A Gun Day!

I don't own a Magic 8-Ball, so I'm going to use you guys instead. I was recently reminded that today is Buy A Gun Day. Do I:

A) Go ahead and buy the Surefire M900 that I was planning on buying anyway. (It's not a gun, but it's as expensive as one, and it goes on a gun. I'm going to put it on the 6.8 carbine. This will allow me to move the Pentagonlight and GG&G grip back over to my brown carbine and return it to housegun duty.)

B) Buy a used Springfield Armory Lightweight Loaded that we got in on trade at work. It needs a cleanin' something fierce (the previous owner was apparently unaware that stainless is just that: stainless, not stainnot, and doesn't mean you can store the gun at the bottom of your saltwater aquarium) but I can probably just barely swing it, and I sure do miss my old Lightweight Loaded.

C) Buy the cheaper (thumbscrew instead of ARMS throw-lever) M900, and put the difference down on a sweet little 18" 20ga Remington 870. The rationale here? Bonnie and Clyde stolemy shotgun, at least for another week or so, so that should be plenty of reason to buy a stand-in.

10 comments:

I'll say the 870, only because I just got one on Friday, an 18" synthetic in 12 gauge, and we love it. Speaking of which, can you, Tam, or anyone else recommend some lighter loads to shoot out of it? We tried out some different loads and found one that my girlfriend finds comfortable (Winchester AA Low Recoil, Low Noise, Target Load) and would like to find some others that would be comparable.

Drew, I'm not Tam, but what's wrong with just using those loads? Keep something heavier for defensive use in the 870 and practice with that load. Lots of info on this topic on the high road dot org or the firing line dot com.

I dunno Tam, between the 870 and 1911, that's a darn hard call. Layaway?

My purchase was a junk box "two'fer" - Bersa .380 and a Ruger P89DC less than a new Bersa.